Kilimo Kwanza

KK Seeds & Livestock Series Issue 03/01

Kilimokwanza Launches Comprehensive Seed-Systems Reference for East African Agriculture

October 31, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 5 min read

The Kilimokwanza Seed Series is now complete: 18 Issues covering seed and planting-material systems for crops across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, released in sequence from 1…

Crop Guides

Hass Avocado Farming in East Africa: Value-Chain & Profit Guide

October 31, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 6 min read

Practical value-chain guide covering Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia: how to choose a site, manage root rot, reach export grade and read the economics of a Hass orchard.

Features Issue 01/01

Seed Series, Issue 1: Irish Potato Planting Materials

October 31, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 5 min read

A practical guide for farmers, multipliers and extension officers in East Africa to the eight planting-material options for Irish potato, from tissue culture to certified seed.

AGCOT

From the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic: what the TAZARA–Lobito rail link could mean for Tanzania’s farmers

October 31, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

A Tanzania–Angola agreement to join two railways would put the Southern Highlands on a coast-to-coast freight route. Kilimokwanza analysis shows the prize for agriculture is large — cheaper…

Africa

‘We Must Stop Farming by Habit’: Tanzanian Potato Farmer Brings Lessons Home from the World Potato Congress

October 27, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 3 min read

NAIVASHA, Kenya, 27 October 2026 — Tanzania’s potato farmers will keep working hard and going nowhere unless they abandon old habits for certified seed and expert advice. That…

News

Seed Takes Centre Stage as Africa Hosts the World Potato Congress for the First Time

October 27, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 5 min read

Seed Takes Centre Stage as Africa Hosts the World Potato Congress for the First Time Day One of the 13th World Potato Congress in Naivasha put clean planting…

Features

Tanzania and Kenya Potato Councils to Sign Cross-Border Pact at First World Potato Congress Held in Africa

October 26, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 4 min read

Potato Council of Tanzania and National Potato Council of Kenya to formalise cooperation on technology, standards, trade and capacity building on 28 October in Naivasha NAIVASHA, Kenya, 26…

News

World Potato Congress Opens in Naivasha: Africa Takes the Global Potato Stage

October 24, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 10 min read

World Potato Congress Opens in Naivasha: Africa Takes the Global Potato Stage | Kilimokwanza.org Kilimokwanza.org Events · Potato Value Chain 13th World Potato Congress · Preview World Potato…

Africa

SAGCOT Rice Compact Special Supplement · Kilimokwanza.org

October 21, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 51 min read

SAGCOT Corridor Rice Compact Supplement · Kilimokwanza.org ☰ Contents Kilimokwanza.org · SAGCOT Corridor Rice Compact Special Supplement The Partnerships, Investment and People Shaping Tanzania’s Rice Future Government, farmers,…

Features

An African Publisher’s Open Letter on AI Labelling, Human Authorship and the Right to Create

October 17, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 17 min read

LABEL RESPONSIBILITY, NOT TOOLS World Food Day, 16 October 2026 On World Food Day, 16 October 2026, an agricultural organisation published a poster celebrating one of humanity’s oldest…

Features

A Floor, Not a Fixed Price: COPRA’s Irene Mlola Explains How Tanzania’s New Avocado Trading System Will Work

October 8, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 8 min read

A Floor, Not a Fixed Price: COPRA's Irene Mlola Explains How Tanzania's New Avocado Trading System Will Work The avocado floor price protects farmers but does not fix…

Features

“We Will Compete on Quality, Not Just Volume”: Chongolo Sets Tanzania’s Avocado Agenda

October 8, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 7 min read

"We Will Compete on Quality, Not Just Volume": Chongolo Sets Tanzania's Avocado Agenda With avocado exports already past their 2030 target, the Minister for Agriculture says Tanzania's next…

Features

Avocado Farmers Invited to Shape ASTA’s Next Five Years Through New Survey

October 8, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 4 min read

Kilimokwanza Reporter | 8 October 2026 The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has opened a Member Satisfaction Survey and a Farmers’ Needs Assessment, calling on everyone in Tanzania’s…

Features

Tanzania’s “Green Gold” Comes of Age: Inside the Third National Avocado Stakeholders’ Forum

October 7, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

Exports of 52,000 tonnes have overtaken a target that was not due until 2030.

Features

Tanzania’s Second Harvest: Turning Crop Waste into Fertiliser, Feed, Fuel and Carbon Income

October 7, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 15 min read

Rice husks, maize cobs, cotton stalks and coffee pulp have long been burned or left to rot. Researchers, regulators and entrepreneurs now see them as feedstock for fertiliser,…

Africa

More than 400 stakeholders gather in Dodoma today to open the 2026/2027 avocado buying season, as Tanzania’s “green gold” posts its strongest export run yet.

October 7, 2026 · Kilimokwanza Africa · 8 min read

Green Gold

Features

From Seed Potatoes to Soybean Feed: Inside the Dutch–AGCOT Partnership Reshaping Tanzania’s Farms

October 2, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

DAR ES SALAAM, 30 September 2026 — When potato farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands planted recycled seed, they harvested fewer than 8 tonnes a hectare. Today, with certified…

Features

Tanzania has a maize surplus. Now it must solve farmers’ income

September 30, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

AGCOT Centre evidence review finds record production of 10.9 million tonnes but thin, highly yield-sensitive margins per hectare, and sets out six Entry Point Projects for Government, the…

Features

Cattle, Crops and Credit: What Tanzania’s New Movable Property Law Means for Farmers

September 29, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 11 min read

Livestock, harvests, machinery and unpaid invoices can now support formal loans under a law passed by Parliament in Dodoma. Whether farmers actually benefit depends on what happens next.…

Features

Nane Nane 2026 Special Supplement · Kilimokwanza.org

September 29, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 196 min read

Nane Nane 2026 AGCOT Special Supplement

Features

Who Pays for the Data That Feeds Us? New Paper Makes the Business Case for Private Investment in Food Security Data

September 29, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 7 min read

As donor-funded agricultural data systems shrink, a Chicago Council on Global Affairs white paper argues that agribusinesses, insurers and lenders must step in, and that farmers who supply…

Features

Every Kilo Imported Is a Job Exported: Bob Shuma’s Long Campaign to Bring Tanzania’s Seed Home

September 29, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 11 min read

For nearly a quarter of a century, the Tanzania Seed Trade Association’s Executive Director has argued that food security starts in the seed -and that the country’s long…

Features

Kilombero Valley: District Commissioner Elevates Agrochemical Waste Management to a Public Safety Priority

September 23, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 3 min read

Ifakara, Kilombero District22 September 2026 In the fertile plains of the Kilombero Valley — where sugarcane, rice, and horticultural crops fuel Tanzania’s agricultural growth — an invisible ecological…